Pegula wins Guadalajara Open

Final day in Guadalajara.

Including completion of unfinished semi final 

2022 Guadalajara Open Akron, a WTA 1000 tournament, on Hard, in Guadalajara, Mexico, 17-23 October 2022.

This is a new tournament on the WTA Tour calendar.

Semi final result:

Maria Sakkari (4) defeated Marie Bouzkova 7-5 6-4 after play resumed from previous day.

Final:

Jessica Pegula (3) (USA) v Maria Sakkari (4) (Greece)

The record between the players before the final had Sakkari ahead 3-1.

The pair were 1-1 this year, Sakkari winning in Doha and Pegula at the Australian Open.

In the final, Pegula dominated the opening set, not facing a break point on her own serve.

The American broke Sakkari in both the fifth and seventh games, and served out the set 6-2.

Sakkari saved three break points in game three of set two, but not a fourth, and Pegula led 2-1.

Pegula broke again in the seventh game and led 5-2.

Serving for the match, Pegula was broken for the only time in the match.

However, it was just a temporary glitch, as she broke Sakkari to love in the following game to finish things.

Jessica Pegula won 6-2 6-3 to claim her second title from five finals, and first at WTA 1000 level.